Malvern Collegiate Institute

Malvern Collegiate Institute (Malvern CI, MCI or Malvern), previously known as East Toronto High School and Malvern High School is a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada part of the Toronto District School Board. Prior to 1998, it was part of the Toronto Board of Education. The school was founded in 1903 and since then, Malvern has rooted in a long-standing history of academic and extra-curricular excellence with a close connection to the Beach community. The motto is Victrix Sapientia Fortunae (“Wisdom conquers fortune”). History Malvern C.I. was founded in 1903 as "East Toronto High School" in the mainly working class village of East Toronto. It opened in the original Mary Street School building on Mary St. (now Kimberley P.S. and Kimberley Ave.) when the elementary school moved into a new building on the same site. The Toronto Board of Education bought a new property on Malvern Avenue (then known as Charles Street) in 1905 and opened a new building of four rooms in 1906. In 1908 East Toronto was annexed to Toronto, and the name "Charles Street" was changed to Malvern Avenue; in 1910 the Board renamed the school Malvern Avenue High School. In 1914, it became Malvern Avenue Collegiate and subsequently Malvern Collegiate Institute. The statue that stands on the west side of the school on Malvern Avenue, just outside the library, was built in 1922 in honour of the students that had attended Malvern C.I. and died in World War I. In November 2011, a ceremony rededicating the statue was held, a week before Remembrance Day to commemorate the repairs done to the arm. Less than 48 hours later, the statue was vandalized. It now has added security.